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Show .- "" . ' - i v. ; . ...., ..,.. f ' sa:: rr.A::cx:co, c-i., r:ay 19. The t&ZZ:ii cf Z.'ta. llry Judge of Salt Lake City. Utsh, who arrived In San Frasclsco last Friday on the liner Siberia Si-beria from CTJr.a, J: ran and Oriental ports, has teen f '.red ty Government oCtdala who V. 's' sr attempt was made, to srr.v- : Jn J 3 vorth of dutiable duti-able gooTs. i.ra. Ja.r, in Ciar.j out the tnas:'e?t civen her to declare her b8T-. It ft a tlarJc after the question, ques-tion, 'iave you any dutiable goods In yonr tar?" A.T.en Inspector J. J. McGovern searched ber trunk he found Mrs. Judge ha 3 been either very forgetful, nerll-r?nt nerll-r?nt or worse, for there were some t .100 worth of dutlabl goods. When the Inspector In-spector Informed her of this ehe etatd she had kea 121 and bo did not attend to the matter. In two long girdles were fouHd Urge quantities of lace, gold trimmings, drawn work and embroidered embroid-ered pieces. The baggage was promptly prompt-ly eeiaed and sent to the appraisers. 6 he was allowed to go V the Palace hotel, where she remained all day In se elusion. The fine Imposed by the Government o ' " C O (T.r A' ' r i . ' ) c (-) san' r.:.:.v :j, j :.!.-irrs. (, ; :) Ju ' a rro: .: :tr : ; voman Q.) of tJ:t Lake, arr. . t 1 f.-:::i the (', CO Orient on' the stearr.f r '. c. i. and, Ci CO falling to "declare" ct-rtaia dutiable (j) 0 articles In her tc:r: has lecume CO Involved In serious trouble vtlih 0 CO the customs authorities. the Is CO liable to pay a f.ne' of J ) t.f Files losing the articles seize 1 ty the customs officials. Ura. Ja.I."s rm- phatlcaHy denies any altemrt upon her part to defraud the Govern- ment. 00O0 for smuggling is three times the amount of the value of the goods which were found to b undeclared. No report of appraisement of the goods found in Mrs. Judge's trunk was made, but tt Is estimated that they are at least worth or $200., In that event her forpet-fulness forpet-fulness will coat her from $730 to $J00. i In additlos to that the goods .will be . confiscated by the Government, Among the undeclared and dutiable articles found in tba trunk were & Japanese sword, a package containing a Japanese screen, two valuable Cloisonne vases, a box containing rare chlnaware, nine bolts of cotton crepe, thirty-nine pieces of drawn work, Ave silk gowns., one smoking Jacket and bolts of cotton and silk, besides considerable embroidery and trimmings. |